Subject: [Netconf] Summary of NETCONF meeting at IETF 98

From: Mahesh Jethanandani <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:58:07 -0700

NETCONF WG,

Below is the NETCONF WG session summer and AIs that were taken from the IETF 98 meeting.

This e-mail verifies the discussion that took place in the room. Barring any strong objection, the AIs identified in this summary will be acted upon.

The NETCONF session took place on Tuesday, March 28, 2016, from 16:40-18:40 Central US Time.
 
- We had approx. 80+ participants in the 2 hour NETCONF session,
- We reviewed the status of the WG,
- We had a discussion on chartered and non-chartered documents.

The minutes from the meeting are posted here <https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98/minutes/minutes-98-netconf-00.txt>.

The Zero Touch draft has three issues with ANIMA WG. They are documented in GitHub, were discussed in the meeting, and will be taken to the mailing list.
The keystore model still had issue with private key. Martin and Kent to take up the issue offline and bring the resolution to the mailing list for verification.
The SSH/TLS Client Server model has one issue which will be taken up on the mailing list. There was discussion around implementation of both the server and client models that should happen before these documents become RFC.
The subscription/notifications drafts are making progress. Clarification on NACM rules changes needs to be added to the draft.
Notification2 draft was introduced, and there were questions around bundling. Eric will provide an update of the draft and socialize the issues on the mailing list.
RFC6536bis is ready for Last Call per Andy. There were no objections in the room. The chairs will start the WGLC once the agreement is verified on the maillist.
There was discussion on the charter for NETCONF. Benoit provided an updated charter on the mailing list which renamed the WG to NETworkCONFiguration to separate it from NETCONF and RESTCONF protocols and also to open the WG to any protocol that will enable data-model driven management. References to XML have also been removed. If there are no objections, Benoit will start the process to get the charter approved by IESG. 
As agreed before the meeting the datastore concept draft will be developed in NETMOD WG as a standards track document.
The impacts of the datastore concept on NETCONF and RESTCONF were presented. Martin proposed to not change the <get> semantics and to introduce new NETCONF and RESTCONF capabilities, which don't break existing functionality. People in the room supported the proposal to develop two drafts as extensions to NETCONF (RFC6241) and RESTCONF(RFC8040) providing the new capabilities. The two individual drafts will be posted on the NETCONF mailing list, at which time the chairs will start a poll for WG adoption. 
The charter further contains a goal to develop capabilities for NETCONF and RESTCONF to support I2RS protocol and ephemeral-state datastore requirements. These capabilities will use the datastore concept as their basis. The details will be sorted out in discussion with I2RS WG and the co-chair Sue Harris.
NETCONF Accounting draft will be updated to address comments and issues raised in the room and on the mailing list. An updated draft will be posted before asking for WG adoption.
NETCONF proxy draft was presented. Questions were raised around use-cases and what credentials will be used to establish the secure connection. Authors to address the issues in the next version of the draft.
Regards

Mahesh & Mehmet